“Obsession with self”: the essence of sin.
You are exactly right. Obsessed with self is the essence of sin. I look at all the corruption in Washington and the sex sins being exposed and a lot of the culture today and I think - there is little respect for the virtues. Since when does a woman get berated for promoting modesty? Or all the beer and booze commercials - what about temperance. Discipline, frugality, respect for life - they all seem to be dirty words these days and people who speak of them are mocked. Well we are certainly seeing the filthy underbelly of what we have turned into. God help us and our children. Our days are filled with thousands of choices. Are we pleasing God or satan?